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This is a totally rare German JG 26 schlageter [fighter squadron] vehicle pennant which is dated 1942 and with maker stamp as well all partly clear to see
The pennant still has its eagle and JG26 marking on each side again mostly clear to see, the pennant is very dirty and discoloured and with some damage from being buried at some point and later recovered but overall it is in very solid condition and has been carefully cleaned. The pennant still retains some original colours and is still perfect for display or any collection not braking up or falling apart and is 21 inches long by 11 inches wide at the wide point.
The pennant was found on a flea market in Flensburg there location of there final base in 1945.The time spent by Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) "Schlageter" at Flensburg Airfield lasted just five chaotic days, from May 3 to May 8, 1945. Despite the brief timeframe, their presence marked a significant and dramatic chapter in the final dissolution of the Luftwaffe
By May 1945, JG 26 was a fragment of its former self. Pushed out of airfield after airfield by the rapid British advance across northwest Germany, the wing's remaining Focke-Wulf Fw 190D "Dora" fighters landed at Flensburg. The airfield was packed with hundreds of retreating German aircraft, personnel, and members of the newly formed Flensburg Government. Fuel was so desperately scarce that routine operations were impossible, and many aircraft had to be towed into hiding places around the airfield perimeter using horses or manual labor to save petrol
Even on the day of their arrival, May 3, 1945, the war was not entirely over for some pilots. Elements of the wing flew their very last combat missions of World War II from Flensburg. Elite pilots, including highly decorated aces, engaged in final, hopeless dogfights against Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Tempests scouring northern Germany.
This is a near complete but empty and inert totally rare Japanese late war, emergency production rifle grenade which has been crudely made with basic steel case with a screw in base.
The case is missing its wood or bakelite-style plug with hole for the fuse at one end. And its small plug at the other. The grenade has none of its original black paintwork or original colouring. The steel case is pitted but solid, with no rust-through holes, and has been carefully cleaned. In nice relic condition but has corroded slightly but it is sturdy, not friable, and ideal for display or any militaria collection. The rifle grenade was recovered in the 1980's and has been in a private collection ever since it was originally found in an old Japanese defensive position on the island of Guam from the 1944 battle in the Pacific. It comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with many pictures and map.
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the successful American amphibious campaign to recapture the island of Guam from the Empire of Japan. Guam had been a prewar US territory since 1898 but was captured by the Japanese in December 1941. The 21-day battle was a key pillar of Operation Forager during the wider Pacific campaign of World War II.
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This is a British Lee Enfield rifle wood remains which is the barrel section with metal end cover which looks pretty much complete The wood still has its lovely brown colour it is in excellent condition solid, well-preserved, and carefully cleaned making it ideal for display or as part of a collection. The piece measures approximately 19 inches long. The rifle wood was found in a barn on a Farm in the village of Miraumont on the Somme battlefield the front line of late 1916 to early 1917. The rifle part comes with A5 laminated information card.
Miraumont was the German Front line from around September 1916 until it was occupied by British Troops at the end of February 1917 and lost on the 25th March 1918 and then retaken the following 24th August 1918. There was also a large German battery at Miraumont during the fighting. A very nice and rare soldiers item recovered from the famous Somme battlefield of 1916-1918.
This is a complete barrel for the French Model 1892 Mannlicher Berthier Rifle which is a much rarer rifle then the standard Lebel rifles which were the main army issued rifles.
The barrel which is complete with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid it is a bit pitted with some rust damage but still very nice condition for relic it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The gun barrel which is de activated by condition with rust damage which was recovered from near the River Meuse on Hill 304 and Malancourt the area of the March - May 1916 battle which was the large German advance towards Verdun. A very nice and rare relic from this famous battlefield. The barrel comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
In late February 1916, following German attacks on the right bank of the River Meuse during the Battle of Verdun, the French had established artillery batteries on the hills on the left bank commanding the opposite, right-hand bank. One of these was Le Mort Homme. These batteries caused such havoc that the Germans, belatedly, decided to attack southwards along the left bank of the river simultaneously. Their objective was Le Mort Homme and its neighboring hills. Over the next few months, the Germans made repeated attacks, pounding the French lines, rushing their positions and ejecting the French from their wrecked trenches. French artillery would then pulverize the Germans and counter-attacks would drive them out again, the French infantry re-occupying the shell holes where the trench systems had been.
Despite the terrible cost, the Germans were able to advance slowly, first capturing a neighboring hill, Côte 304, which was dominating the approach to Le Mort Homme. Then, on 16 March, the Germans took Côte 265, labelled on their maps as Toter Mann (Le Mort Homme), but not on French maps. Finally, on 24 May, they took the second summit, Côte 295.
This is a unusual find from the battlefield a blown apart German barbed wire picket properly damaged by the mine explosion on the 1st July 1916. The picket is bent in to a bundle which is 16 inches long by 11 inches wide it is rusty and in relic but solid condition and has been very well cleaned perfect for display or a unusual bit for any collection. was recovered in 2014 from the field opposite Lochnagar mine crater. This field was a German frontline trench on the morning of the 1st July 1916 which was the British attack on Somme battlefield. The picket comes with A5 laminated information card.
The British named the mine after Lochnagar Street, the British trench from which the gallery was driven. The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were placed beneath the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 98 ft (30 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops. The attack on either flank was defeated by German small-arms and artillery fire, except on the extreme right flank and just south of La Boisselle, north of the Lochnagar Crater.
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This is a totally rare find from the battlefield a armour piercing projectile 8.8cm, KwK36, L/56 double driving band which was fired by German Tiger 1 tank which is complete but its ballistic cap has squashed properly from being dumped in the lake. The projectile is in nice condition with no base plug or markings on the bottom but is still has some original black paintwork remains it still has its pair of steel colour driving bands in place and complete the outer case is only lightly pitted with no holes but does have a little bit of damage and pitting but nothing to bad The projectile is completely empty and inert it has been well cleaned and overall perfect condition for display and very rare one for any collection. The projectile was recovered from a lake East of Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45. The projectile comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with many pictures and map also drawings.
The projectile was recovered from a lake which was used as a dump site for battlefield clearance the area where the lake is, was attacked by the German 26th Volksgrenadier Division and elements of the Panzer Lehr Division they had the only Panzer 4 tanks in the area.